Birdy
A soaring experience unlike anything you've ever seen before.
Country
Production
Budget
$12 000 000
Box office
$1 455 045
Director
Actors
Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby, Nancy Fish, George Buck, Dolores Sage, Pat Ryan
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Alan Marshall, David Manson
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Geoffrey Kirkland
Audition
Juliet Taylor
Editing
Gerry Hambling
Whole Team (55)
Whole Team (55)
Short description
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
What's left behind the scenes
- An adaptation of William Wharton's novel of the same name from 1978.
- In the novel, the characters served during World War II; in the film, they returned from Vietnam.
- Matthew Modine auditioned for the role of Al, but Alan Parker cast the actor as Ptakha instead.
- The birds involved in the film are mentioned in the end credits.
- While preparing for the film, Nicolas Cage demanded that two of his teeth be pulled without anesthesia, just like his character.
- This film marked the first use of the SkyCam camera in a feature film. The camera was held by wires supported by four cranes and controlled by a computer to film the scene of Ptakha’s dream flight.
- Ptakha's real name is never revealed, and it is not mentioned in the novel either.
- The soundtrack was created and recorded in a few days. Peter Gabriel used tracks from his third and fourth albums as the basis for much of the music, including excerpts from “Not One Of Us,” “Family Snapshot,” “The Family and the Fishing Net,” and “San Jacinto.”
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
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